Invasive cutaneous infection due to Scopulariopsis brevicaulis unsuccessfully treated with high-dose micafungin in a neutropenic patient

Scopulariopsis brevicaulis onychomycosis with local cutaneous invasion was diagnosed in an acute leukemia patient and unsuccessfully treated with high-dose micafungin, based on antifungal susceptibility testing. This case should alert clinicians to the possible severe evolution of onychomycosis in n...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Infection 2017-06, Vol.45 (3), p.361-363
Hauptverfasser:	Gavril, Daniela, Woerther, Paul-Louis, Ben Lakhdar, Aicha, Mahjoubi, Linda, Routier, Emilie, Chachaty, Elisabeth, Gachot, Bertrand, De Botton, Stephane, Micol, Jean-Baptiste, Willekens, Christophe
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Antifungal agents Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use Case Report Dermatomycoses - complications Dermatomycoses - diagnosis Dermatomycoses - drug therapy Dermatomycoses - immunology Echinocandins - therapeutic use Family Medicine Female Foot Dermatoses - complications Foot Dermatoses - diagnosis Foot Dermatoses - drug therapy Foot Dermatoses - immunology Fungicides General Practice Humans Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Invasiveness Leukemia Lipopeptides - therapeutic use Medicine Medicine & Public Health Micafungin Neutropenia Neutropenia - complications Neutropenia - immunology Onychomycosis Onychomycosis - complications Onychomycosis - diagnosis Onychomycosis - drug therapy Onychomycosis - immunology Scopulariopsis - physiology Surgery Treatment Outcome
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